United States presidential election, 2004

The United States presidential election, 2004 was held on 2 November 2004. The incumbent President of the United States, George W. Bush, ran as the Republican Party candidate, with Dick Cheney serving as his running mate. He faced the Democratic Party's nominee John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards, and the main themes of the campaign were foreign policy, the economy and jobs, health care, and moral values. Bush was reelected due to public support for his "war on terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he won the election with 286 electoral votes to Kerry's 251 votes.